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23rd December 2024

The Benefits of Beef Tallow in Modern Skincare

Skincare enthusiasts are continually exploring ancient remedies and natural ingredients to perfect their routines, and one traditional ingredient making a significant comeback on social media is beef tallow. Revered by the ancient Greeks, Egyptians, and Chinese, beef tallow has long been celebrated for its exceptional moisturizing properties and versatile uses in skincare. What Makes Beef …
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20th February 2022

Long Covid: Research updates & clinical Strategies

There are so many misconceptions about long COVID. The first is that it only happens to people who were sick before. The second is that you had to have a symptomatic infection to develop long COVID (post-acute COVID-19 syndrome or PACS). Approximately 20%. of PACS patients had asymptomatic COVID infections. My predominant PACS cohort is …
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5th February 2022

Fluoroquinolone Toxicity: What Works

Yesterday I talked about fluoroquinolone toxicity and what causes it. I see a lot of patients with this condition and with the right approach, they recover. Here are some of my favourite tried & tested strategies for floxed patients: Testing Urinary organic acids testing is probably our most useful test for assessing mitochondrial function, histamine …
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4th February 2022

Have you Heard of floxing?

Floxing, a colloquial term for fluoroquinolone toxicity, is a little-known but potentially deadly side effect of fluoroquinolone antibiotics. Fluoroquinolone antibiotics include ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin and moxifloxacin The most common symptoms I see in clinic as a result of floxing are tendonitis, severe fatigue, neuropathies, and shooting pain. I’ve seen marathon runners and highly active tennis players …
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2nd February 2022

Key Herbs for Urinary Tract Infections

I work with a lot of patients who have had chronic urinary tract infections for years. Patients are put on long-term antibiotics as well as medications like Hiprex. Sex becomes incredibly painful (which has its own impact on relationship dynamics, self-perception & mental health), chronic fungal overgrowth often presents too, and then, of course, oxalates. …
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21st January 2022

What’s in your makeup?

The average woman spends more than £12,000 on makeup in her lifetime. I am sure I have spent more! But what is the truth about cosmetics and their ingredients? Do you know how to read your labels? What really goes into makeup and why you should care? The conventional beauty and personal care industry is …
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18th January 2022

A Naturopathic Approach for Eczema

The prevalence of atopic eczema is increasing in the Western world is increasing dramatically, affecting 11-20% of children and 5-10% of adults. The underlying aetiology of atopic eczema is attributed to skin barrier dysfunction, with mutations in gene coding for filaggrin, and an altered inflammatory response. Food triggers might be mentioned in a 10-minute GP …
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15th January 2022

What’s the Best Non-Toxic Cookware?

Did you know that the cookware you use at home could be damaging your family’s health? And by family I include pets. PTFE, PFAS & Gen X “Teflon toxicosis” is something you may not be aware of, but the coating on non-stick plans, irons, heaters, carpet glues, heating elements, heat lamps, ironing board covers, & …
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5th May 2020

Why Use Cyrex Food Antigen Testing?

Cyrex is our preferred lab for food antigen testing. These food antigen tests look at multiple forms of foods, including raw, combined foods, processed foods and cooked forms because it has been recognised that reactivity may vary due to protein changes in processing or cooking. By testing, and then excluding problematic foods, you will be …
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4th February 2018

The Low-Down on Oxalates and Low Oxalate Diets

How Oxalates Can Affect You Limiting oxalates in the diet can be very beneficial if you suffer from inflammatory conditions, autoimmune conditions or if you are minerally depleted.   High oxalates have also been linked with autism.  Symptoms of high oxalates include pain, burning, fatigue, muscle aches, foggy brain, frequent urination and kidney stones.  The thyroid will also suffer …
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